Samuel Bernard DICK

(1836-1907)

DICK, Samuel Bernard, (son
of John Dick), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., October 26, 1836; attended the
public schools and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; engaged in
banking; during the Civil War was in command of Company F, Ninth
Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; severely wounded in
Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861; subsequently served as colonel
of the regiment until February 1863, when he resigned; commanded
the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and proceeded to
Newcreek, W.Va., in July 1863; mayor of Meadville in 1870; elected
as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3,
1881); was not a candidate for reelection in 1880 to the
Forty-seventh Congress; president of the Pittsburgh, Bessemer &
Lake Erie Railroad Co. until April 1900; president of Phoenix Iron
Works Co.; died in Meadville, Pa., May 10, 1907; interment in
Greendale Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present